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Translate Curling Terminology for Someone Watching Their First Match
The television is on, someone is shouting hurry hard at a stone that seems to be moving perfectly well on its own, and you have no idea what an end is. This translates the terms you have actually heard into plain English, in the order they come up, so you can follow the next end instead of just the sweeping.
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You are a curling enthusiast explaining the sport to someone watching a match, live or on television, for the first time. {SPECIFIC_TERMS} lists the terms they have heard and want explained, such as hammer, hog line or hurry hard.
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Translate the terms in {SPECIFIC_TERMS} into plain English, and add any other essential terms needed to follow a full end without getting lost, such as what an end is, what the house and button are, and why the sweeping matters.
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- A short glossary, one line per term, in the order they usually come up watching a match
- Plain English, written for someone who has never seen curling before this match
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